The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-07-03
BARSuaf ANb THE EDITORS.
The Old Snowman Pays n Tribute 20 tho Pre-
fession-Itis Relations with the fress.

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From ne Indianapolis Journal
I have been asked to tell what know about
editors, and this. ! suppose. includes what
| tho tripod In singular way. Perhaps the TACT
| that once had u newspaper under my con-
Ss think can I've Ssm my Gg IN
spIte q that Ny first experience taught me
a II me sc Mord lot OF Else s tEat hS ss
bitter portion OF 1t. My real editorial OK:
perisnce began when was very, young and
great political excitement, and was entered
Into because could not get some very whole
and SGT forth what l conceived to be Inc dan,
shs sdop
that Il he could not print sentiments as just
na Sc q to h Rs %cS e.ssts
soor did, fd nv Ryn prca hom
Rii Herald ss 81 Sso jay y HsR'r called
good must havss good deal Of vieor IN It IN
some Way; and II am am tho one who says 50
pSss is far
and It had subscribers In good many States:
Th9S tines n three WAS
lined; a, second was Withdrawn, and The. third.
fact that church deaeon had been. guilty OF
taking nsnry Of IN orphan boyni had no rea
sT l % greater the truth, the greater the libel
and my paper was started for the sake OF tell
Ing the truth Ny yindieaton came YER, very soon.
tlon in tripmphal procession,
continued the paper Just as long as cared
don't know Of any. episode In my life that has
been more valuable to me than my boy editor.
ship. 1t brought me often In contact with the
elitOro of lNrnar md more impOrtult Oanerg.
particularly IN Connecticut. Gideon Welles Of
Hartford and Josenh Barber 81 New Haven we're
and these men, and others like them. knew
very We'll ,o, .,, and ,rho, rhoo,,
a business which had naturally to do with the
public-my knowledge OF newspapers and their
never Thought their work should DO done with:
Rayns FIJI 1ba any s aP5 h
with editors at once: Ialways knew Just what
and had always rather pay a trids too much
than to economize In my printing. | have
Showing mo how can get public notice more
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answer ! cant afford to save money here. I
first by some Of the devices and ways suggest
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owe my success to printers ink.
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d ad nsS snast the O. m aae
night hour, and later crawlsd up these sew
nas and Starting
about my business even did this after the
and would often put the matter i offered
in type or make an encouragement aS for me- Ts.
rer fe and Mr. f bryant % ne Of he oss also.
and could tell q good many anecdotes q these
this brief letter. remember that The suN.
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JSnathan; It was the Size q the blSsest sort Of
bed qRt folded ard + offered Tso.
u 1 su rl whom Mr. Day edited THE SUN
. the order Of nature Is now reversed. Usually
s sun mskss tie dSy but w II New RP
now. The papers were more serious half q
century ago. Among the Sunday papers then
ssd Ss"ra hs
and Ersstus Brooks and Horace Greeley well,
One Of The most, prominent Of the editors l
havo mentioned. whose name 1t Is not neces-
sary to give hore-once offered me Q full part
nershp in his successful journal. There were
dd e0s M
lations with a weekly illustrated paper in New
York: but was too much engaged In other
ma ters then to make 1t what an undivided at-
tention would have accomplished. Nothing Is
30 great q success or SO great failure as a
newspaper. l might almost say 1t is like the
little girl OF the nursery Jingle with the curl
upon her forehead"
xnf1 w sss; EsGaS :nf good
can honestly say that with all my years Of
dealing and contact with editors l have never
had an important difference with any one of the
craft in y matter concerning the business OF
In fact, II great daily newspaper is one of the
wonders OF our modern age. If 1t was not SO
common, II 1t could not be met with except
should organize companies to visit It, IS we now
do to see the Yosemite or Niagara Falls. II in
wolves the pleasantost network OF relations,
toe, which a man can have to be successful
ence as he does. No one, il he does we'll is
moro highly recognized He sometimes has 1t
IN his power to effect moral or political rey-
tor and journal Of the future viii be. | only
know that no profession or institution has
made moro progress than these have since
WAS humble representative Of the tripod,
enough to meet the editor OF the future, am
sure, as feel now, that should want to take
OIL my hat to him when met him on the street.
p Il. BARNUM.